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Autonomy
Being in control of actions and decisions (e.g. freedom to play how you want)
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Autonomy + Experimenting
A strong dose of autonomy and experimenting in the same game.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Rogue State Revolution
Players have broad freedom to make political, economic, military, and diplomatic decisions shaping their nation.
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+4.0
Seer's Gambit
Players have control over team composition, skill tree choices, item equipping, and positioning, allowing strategic…
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+4.0
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Players have meaningful choices in character creation, dialogue, and quest approaches, allowing personal freedom and…
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+4.0
Citystate II
Players have strong control over macroeconomic and political decisions shaping their cities and nation, with freedom to…
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+4.0
Megaton Rainfall
Players have extensive freedom to explore the entire universe and choose how to engage with enemies and travel…
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+4.0
Model Builder: Complete Edition
Players have control over building and painting models with freedom to customize colors and techniques, though some…
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+4.0
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Players have significant control over their Sims' lives and decisions.
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+4.0
Monster Battles
Players have significant control over unit placement, team composition, and strategic decisions before battles…
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+4.0
OneShift
Players can freely choose characters and decide how to solve puzzles with multiple approaches and world-shifting…
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+4.0
SaGa Emerald Beyond
Players choose among multiple protagonists and decide which worlds to visit in each run, influencing story and…
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+4.0
Shovel Knight Dig
Players have freedom to explore procedurally generated levels, choose paths, and experiment with items and upgrades…
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+4.0
The Brew Barons
Players have freedom to choose missions, explore islands, customize planes and brews, and manage their bar at their own…
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+4.0
WE ARE SO DEAD
Players have freedom to create their own communication codes and strategies; gameplay requires improvisation and…
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+4.0
Ymir
Players have high control over city building, economic management, diplomacy, and strategic decisions with freedom to…
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+4.0
Cards and Castles
Players have freedom to build decks from multiple factions and choose strategies; game supports asynchronous play…
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+4.0
Dark Deity
Players can customize characters with multiple class paths and weapon upgrades, allowing freedom in building their army.
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+4.0
Enemy On Board
Players have freedom to choose characters, play styles, and strategies with no imposed rules, allowing personal…
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+4.0
Europa Universalis V
Players have significant control over empire management, economy, diplomacy, and military decisions with many systems…
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+4.0
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
Players have freedom to choose playstyle, manage crew, ships, and make decisions affecting story and gameplay.
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+4.0
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy
Players have freedom to build decks with different heroes, troops, and strategies, and positioning units is key…
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+4.0
Starminer
Players have high control over ship design, fleet management, and decisions with sandbox freedom and no forced mission…
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+4.0
ATOMINE
Players can customize weapon modules and choose upgrades, allowing control over playstyle and strategy.
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+4.0
Dustwind
Players can create and customize characters, choose loadouts, and design their own playstyle with a sandbox approach…
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+4.0
Of Blades & Tails
Players have freedom to choose builds, skills, and exploration paths with flexible character progression and open-world…
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